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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1972
Page
2
Athens council debated fire department staffing with Collins proposing three captains and three lieutenants. Weber abstained on instructing legal steps while Barrett favored one captain and three lieutenants citing finances and police staffing risks.
Athens City Council paid tribute to Amos C. Anderson and Zelma McVey, both recently dead. McVey was praised for long service with the Athens Red Cross and as its director for six years, while Anderson was lauded for his tenure on the Athens Human Relations Commission since 1970. The council also discussed police and fire department staffing, budget trimming, and upcoming public hearings at its meeting.
Raymond Brooks, principal of Alexander High School, was selected as superintendent, replacing Marc Lohr who resigned. Brooks will assume office in August. the board will name a new high school principal at the August meeting.
Athens Kiwanis Club hears Howard Stout of the fair board outline the 1972 Athens County Fair to run August 8 to 12 with five days of events 30 000 to 35 000 attendees and a four dollar admission. New fence and a livestock building with 150 pens are completed plus increased concession fees and ongoing free entertainment daily. 4-H FAA entrants loom large in cattle hogs and sheep shows as the group seeks continued public support. A media press conference with Ohio University President Claude R Sowle is noted and Bernstein announces a 10 month sabbatical beginning September 1973.
Partly cloudy and warm with highs in the upper 80s to low 90s. Tonight becomes increasingly cloudy with a chance of showers and thundershowers. Lows upper 60s to low 70s. Wednesday mostly cloudy with continued shower chances and highs again in the upper 80s to low 90s.
Katie Sowle wife of OU President Claude R Sowle is named for one of two vacancies on the Athens Human Relations Commission Nelson Reid OU social work assistant professor lives at 110 Columbia Ave Athens is the other nominee The council will decide at the Aug 7 meeting to fill the seats created by the resignation of Elizabeth Stanton and the death of Amos C Anderson OU professor emeritus of psychology
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